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Grain Valley residents recall quiet Bandidos gathering

In the wake of a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Texas that left nine people dead, people in Grain Valley recalled a very different experience last summer, when one of the nation’s toughest motorcycle clubs gathered there.

In the wake of a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Texas that left nine people dead, people in Grain Valley recalled a very different experience last summer, when one of the nation’s toughest motorcycle clubs gathered there.

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Updated: 6:12 PM CDT May 18, 2015

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WEBVTT FISTS TO KNIVES TO GUNS. 200 IN CUSTODY. THE RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK. ONE OF THE GANGS INVOLVED WAS THE BANDIDOS, WHO THE F.B.I. SAYS IS LINKED TO CRIME AND VIOLENCE. LAST LABOR DAY WEEKEND THEY WERE IN GRAIN VALLEY. PEGGY: THE EVIDENCE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME. TAKE A LOOK. THIS TOWN IS ALL ABOUT FAMILY AND MIDWEST VALUES SO WHEN THE BANDIDOS ANNOUNCED THEY WERE COMING HERE LAST SUMMER, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN, BUT THE EVENT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. ANYWHERE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, I MEAN, SURE TO BE SOME KIND OF NEGATIVITY BUT -- YOU DIDN'T SEE IT HERE? NO. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN WHO WERE AGAINST IT, BUT THEY CAME, ANYWAY. THEY CAME, THEY WERE WELCOMED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY LEFT NO MARKS. JUROR LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE HERE IN LARGE NUMBERS. POLICE SAY THEY DREW A STRONG LINE. HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH THEM BACK AND FORTH AND PUT THEM ON NOTICE WHAT WOULD AND WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED. FOR SOME THIS WEEKEND'S INCIDENT HAS PROVEN THAT A SMALL THING, AN ARGUMENT OVER A PARKING SPACE, CAN UNLEASH DEADLY VIOLENCE WITH SOME MEMBERS. AT LEAST 100 WEAPONS WERE COB FI SKATED. THERE'S A LOT OF BAGGAGE, WHICH IS UNFAIR TO EVERYBODY. BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED HERE, BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED AT WACO, IT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK TWICE ABOUT IT. POLICE SAY THE GROUP IS NOT EXPECTED BACK HERE FOR SOME TIME. THEY USUALLY CHANGE THEIR RALLY LOCATIONS FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WE'RE LIVE IN GRAIN VALLEY, PEGGY BREIT, KMBC 9 NEWS. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY

Grain Valley residents recall quiet Bandidos gathering

In the wake of a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Texas that left nine people dead, people in Grain Valley recalled a very different experience last summer, when one of the nation’s toughest motorcycle clubs gathered there.